OpenAI’s top robotics executive, Caitlin Kalinowski, said on Saturday that she had resigned over the artificial intelligence giant’s deal with the US government to allow its technology’s deployment for war and domestic surveillance. The company behind ChatGPT secured a defence contract with the Pentagon last month, hours after rival Anthropic refused to agree to unconditional military use of their technology. “To be clear, my issue is that the announcement was rushed without the guardrails defined,” she wrote. These are too important for deals or announcements to be rushed.”Anthropic’s refusal to authorise use of its Claude AI models had prompted backlash from US officials. Kalinowski previously worked at Meta, developing their augmented reality glasses.

Source: Punch March 08, 2026 09:25 UTC